This allows for the helmet to gently shape your baby’s skull as they grow. By the time your baby is 1 year old, helmet therapy treatment is generally considered ineffective because the growth of ...

(None of the children in the study were given helmet therapy.) A 2022 study on skull shape did take into account helmet therapy, but came to similar conclusions. While helmet therapy reduced the ...

On average, about 450 infants are fit with a cranial remolding orthosis, also known as a helmet, each year at University of Michian Health C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. These helmets help to ...

“Instead, we focus the head’s future growth to improve head shape. If there is a bump or high spot on a child’s head, we’ll use the helmets to hold that steady but leave spaces in the helmet to allow ...

In some cases, helmet therapy may be recommended. There are also cases when surgery is required to correct the skull shape and make sure that the baby’s brain has enough room to develop as it grows.